When I First Filmed Things, They Were

I Spent The Past Week Here In India Getting A Sense Of The Reality Of Hiv And Aids In People's Lives. Fathers And Mothers Are Dying, Leaving Children With No Support. Stigma And Discrimination Is Ruining The Family Lives. There Is An Urgent Need For Education, Information, And Increased Awareness Of Hiv And Aids. The Response Needs To Be Now. We Cannot Afford To Become Fatigued.

If I Had A Gun To My Head And I Had To Choose Between Theater And Film I'd Choose Theater.

The Actor Shouldn't Edit Themselves Or Be Anxious. And The Actors That I Admire Are Always The Ones Who Are Inventive And Their Imaginative Life In Free-willing. It's A Director's Job To Go, "no Here, Don't Do That, Go There."

...the World Is A Giant Community Now. This Excuse Of Distance, Time, Doesn't Work...we're All So Connected. We Can't Spend Every Second Of Our Lives Worrying About Another Family Miles Away But We Somehow Have To Factor It In Where We Can.

In The Studio System, Things Are Expected Of A Film. By The First, Second, Third Act, There's A Generic Language That Comes Out Of The More Commercial System.